The two sessions are designed to provide an intensive and in-depth experience for serious students aged 16-28.
Each participant receives eight 45-minute lessons during a two-week session and has the opportunity to perform in several masterclasses.
Please note: All participants receive instruction through private lessons and/or master classes from all teachers for their instrument in any given session.
All participants will be sent a list of suggested repertoire to prepare several weeks before the beginning of the program in order to fully take advantage of what the program has to offer.
VIOLIN - Session 1
June 19: Beat hierarchy in Bach (Lam)
June 20: Practicing, playing, performing (Chang)
June 21: Three-dimensional bow usage (Lam)
June 22: The (lost) art of the glissando (Chang)
June 23: Putting the romance back into your relationship with your ...violin - Romantic concerti (Jolles)
June 24: Etudes, a love/hate relationship (Jolles)
June 25: Using narratives to shape interpretations (Huebl)
June 26: The all-important first hour - making the most of your scales and warm-ups (Huebl)
June 27: Singing through your instrument - how and why (Huebl)
June 28: Mozart style in concerti and sonatas (Huebl)
June 29: Vibrato - learning wrist vs. arm (Sarkissian)
June 30: Balance, breath, and movement in violin playing (Huebl)
July 1: Partitas of Bach - bow strokes and dances (Sarkissian)
July 2: Shifting or sliding - expression of transportation (Sarkissian)
VIOLIN - Session 2
July 6: Joy of Scales (Ruhstrat)July 7: Short pieces for violin (Lansdale)
July 8: Solo Bach class (Ruhstrat)
July 9: Beyond Mechanics: the physics of bow distribution and vibrato (Ruhstrat)
July 10: Romantic Shifting in Bruch Concerto 2nd movement (Yon)
July 11: Orchestral excerpts of Mozart and Beethoven (Yon)
July 12: Bow strokes (Lewis)
July 13: Brahms sonatas (Yon)
July 14: Exploring Mozart - Style and Cadenzas (Lewis)
July 15: Bow "breathing" for smooth singing phrases and crisp, powerful, clear articulation (Yon)
July 16: 4th finger excercises (Lewis)
July 17: The Art of the Etude (Zazofsky)
July 18: The music of Fritz Kreisler (Lewis)
July 19: Perspectives in concerti: 1st movements of Bruch Concerto, Lalo Symphonie Espagnole, Saint-saens Concerto #3 (Zazofsky)
CELLO - Session 1
June 19: General repertoire (Tetel)
June 20: Foundational beginnings - Popper Etudes #1 and #2 (Bjella)
June 21: Orchestral excerpts class (Bjella)
June 22: Bow techniques for Baroque repertoire (Carrai)
June 23: Preludes of the Bach suites (Carrai)
June 24: Dance movements of the Bach Suites Class #1 (Carrai)
June 25: Dance movements of the Bach Suites Class #2 (Carrai)
June 26: Shifting: why, when, and why (Tetel)
June 27: Haydn concerti - finding elegance and simplicity in spite of technical difficulties (Mark)
June 28: What the Beethoven sonatas teach us about the bow (Mark)
June 29: Romantic concerti (Tetel)
June 30: The joys and challenges of slow, lyrical pieces (Baldwin)
July 1: Developing vibrato - finding ease, pitch clarity, and infinite emotional range (Baldwin)
July 2: Brahms sonatas (Tetel)
CELLO - Session 2
July 6: How to make scales fun and to get the maximum out of them (Kouzov)
July 7: General repertoire (Tetel)
July 8: Etudes class (Kouzov)
July 9: How to bring out character in Beethoven sonatas (Tetel)
July 10: Works by Russian composers (Kouzov)
July 11: The joys and challenges of short pieces (Tetel)
July 12: Solo Bach suites (Fonteneau)
July 13: Orchestral excerpts class (Tetel)
July 14: Debussy Sonata and other works by French composers (Fonteneau)
July 15: Own the stage – building concerto confidence (Farny)
July 16: Saint-Saens Concerto (York)
July 17: Bow speed, timing, and vibrato usage – essential tools for expressing character (Tetel)
July 18: Haydn concerti (York)
July 19: General repertoire (Tetel)
CLARINET
June 19: Mozart Concerto for Auditions (Patterson)
June 20: Rose etudes (Patterson)
June 21: Sing, Sing, Sing - Great Melodies for the Clarinet from the following works: Mozart Trio, K. 498 and Quintet, K. 581, Schubert Shepherd on the Rock, Schumann Three Romances, Op. 94, Brahms Trio, Op. 114, Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini, Strauss Duet Concertino (Samuels)
June 22: Finger buster excerpts: Firebird, Shostakovich #1 and #9, etc. (Patterson)
June 23: Debussy’s Premiere Rhapsody: The intersection of character, expression, and technique (Samuels)
June 24: Clarity of Expression/Clarity of Execution: The Orchestra Excerpts of Beethoven, Mendelssohn and Brahms (Samuels)
June 25: The Final Round - Kodaly’s Dances of Galanta, Respighi’s Pines of Rome, Stravinsky’s Firebird, Bartok’s Miraculous Mandarin and Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 (Samuels)
June 26: Rossini – Introduction, Theme, and Variations (de Guise-Langlois)
June 27: Brahms Sonata #2 (de Guise-Langlois)
June 28: 20th Century clarinet concerti (Fiterstein)
June 29: Articulation in Stravinsky’s Three Pieces (Fiterstein)
June 30: Infinite lessons from Weber’s Concertino op. 26 (Silver)
July 1: Mock Orchestral Audition (Fiterstein, Silver)
July 2: The magic of deliberate practicing: no longer a secret (Silver)
FLUTE – Session 1
June 19: The Do’s and Don’ts of the Mozart Concerti (Keeble)
June 20: Telemann Fantasies and the Baroque Performance Practice (Grim)
June 21: The colors and technique of Daphnis and Chloe by Ravel (Keeble)
June 22: Exploring tradition through color, articulation, and style in the works of Piazzolla, Esmail, Zyman, Takemitsu (Grim)
June 23: The Lyrical flutist: Brahms’ 4th Symphony and L’Apres Midi d’un Faun by Debussy (Keeble)
June 24: General repertoire (Grim)
June 25: The Virtuoso orchestral flute: Beethoven’s Leonore Overture #3, Stravinsky’s Firebird and Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf (Keeble)
June 26: Music by French composers (Barth)
June 27: Virtuoso repertoire – opera transcriptions and virtuoso pieces by Boehm, Demersseman, and the French Conservatoire pieces (Kim)
June 28: FUNdamentals (Barth)
June 29: General repertoire (Kim)
June 30: Lyricism (Barth)
July 1: Mock orchestral audition (Kim. Barth)
July 2: Mock orchestral audition (Kim. Barth)
FLUTE – Session 2
July 6: Mozart’s G Major Concerto: the importance of playing in the Classical Style (Thomas)
July 7: Warm ups, posture, hand position: why these things matter (Toote)
July 8: Opera Excerpts: Strauss-Der Rosenkavalier, Britten-Peter Grimes, Interlude 1. Bizet-Carmen, - Danse Boheme (Thomas)
July 9: American Flute works: Burton, Muczinsky, Copland (Toote)
July 10: Effortless articulation (Thomas)
July 11: 20th Century Flute repertoire: Sancan, Dutilleux, Poulenc, Messiaen (Toote)
July 12: The flutist’s Vade Mecum by Walfrid Kujala (Thomas)
July 13: Orchestral excerpts – Class #1 (Boyd)
July 14: Bach’s Sonatas (Shin)
July 15: Orchestral excerpts – Class #2 (Boyd)
July 16: Mozart concerti for auditions – Class #1 (Shin)
July 17: General repertoire (Boyd)
July 18: Mozart concerti for auditions – Class #2 (Shin)
July 19: Mock orchestral audition (Boyd, Shin)